Wild Nature Diary 2026 Review
DISCLOSURE -THIS ITEM WAS GIFTED TO THE REVIEWER FOR THE PURPOSES OF WRITING THE REVIEW. ALL THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS ARE THE REVIEWER’S OWN.
Reviewed by Jo Hardy
A week on each page, this is just the type of diary I love and to be honest don’t think I could function without, it’s a bit of a ritual in our house to sit down on a Sunday night and fill in the diary with all the activities for the week, there is sometime about writing things down that makes them stick in my memory better and I don’t have to worry about technology letting me down.
This diary is 205mm x 192mm, a good size for a desk diary but probably too large to carry around with you, it has a spiral spine which makes it easy to open flat or fold back on itself. The cover is soft, the paper made from responsible sources and pictures are very high quality and there is enough space by each date for my husband and myself to write all our reminders and appointments for each day. At the front of the diary there is a full year planner for 2026 which I find useful for recording birthdays and at the back a full year planner for 2027 this is especially good for those long term plans like holidays or weddings, there’s also a couple of blank pages for notes.
Packed with 60 beautiful images that go from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland to the cliffs of Cornwall taken by some of the best landscape and wildlife photographers in the country and they really do reflect the title “wild nature”. Every picture has a small write up giving more information on the subject. I feel it would make a fine coffee table book if it wasn’t a diary. There is a short bio of all the photographers whose work features in the diary towards the back.
Flicking through the pictures there was a tendency to be drawn to pictures of places I’ve visited or are local to me but my favourite was two owls on a branch, their expressions are brilliant with one of them looking very judgemental. “The Little Owl” is Britain’s smallest owl introduced to the country in 1842, like all native owls it is now protected.
With a foreword by TV presenter and conservationist Megan McCubbin a preface by the editor John Beaty and a message Jane Smallman the chair of the John Muir trust who this diary is produced for, this would make a thoughtful gift for the nature lover on your gift list.
Published by Northern Light Publishing and priced at £17.00 the diary is available from https://www.wild-nature.co.uk/ a 10% discount is given on multiple orders.
A wild nature calendar to complement the diary is also available priced at £13.50
The John Muir trust was founded in 1983 and inspired by the life of Scots born John Muir a founder of modern day conservation and the inspiration behind the national parks we all now enjoy. More information about the work they do up and down the country can be found at johnmuirtrust.org/support-us/join and a membership form is in the diary.
Rating: 5/5
Photo by reviewer